| La Araucanía International Airport | |
| Nativename: | Temuco Airport |
| Iata: | ZCO |
| Icao: | SCQP |
| Pushpin Map: | Chile |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of airport in Chile |
| Pushpin Label: | ZCO |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Type: | Public |
| Operator: | Sociedad Concesionaria Aeropuerto Araucanía S.A. |
| City-Served: | Temuco, Chile |
| Location: | Freire |
| Elevation-F: | 321 |
| Website: | http://www.aeropuertoaraucania.cl/ |
| Metric-Rwy: | y |
| R1-Number: | 01/19 |
| R1-Length-M: | 2440 |
| R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
| Stat-Year: | 2014 |
| Stat1-Header: | Passengers |
| Stat1-Data: | 504,147 |
| Footnotes: | Sources: GCM Google Maps[1] |
La Araucanía International Airport, also known as Temuco Airport, is the main airport in the Araucanía Region and southern Chile. It is south of the city of Temuco, in the commune of Freire, Cautín Province.
It has a parking apron with capacity for 4 aircraft (up to Boeing 767 type), a passenger terminal, and 3 boarding bridges.
The Araucania VOR-DME (Ident: NIA) is located 0.58nmi off the approach threshold of Runway 19.[2]
Through a NOTAM issued on July 18, 2014, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGAC) authorized the start of operations of the new airport on Tuesday July 29, 2014 which was completed with the first landing of a commercial aircraft Sky Airline Airbus A320. At the same time, all flights were relocated from the former Temuco Maquehue Airport which ended operations day earlier.